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FILE on ACCOUNT-REGISTER. 1

Application filed August 19, 1914. Serial No. 857,504. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MOINETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canisteo, in the county of Steuben and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Files or Account-Regis-'ters,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to account registers or paper files of that type,ordinarily employed for holding account slips, which comprise a group ofleaves or holders on which theslips or papers are releasably retained byspring clips or other means, and

which are pivotally supported atone edge to swing from one position toanother to permit the papers on the leaves to bereadily.

andvice versa, and in most registers the group of leaves is adapted tobe removed from the register to permit of the leaves being carried fromplace to place or put in a place of safe keeping. More particularly,

this invention relates to improvements in files or registers of thiskind in which the leaves are loose or detachedfrom one an: other wherebythey can be separated and handled individually, one or more of them'removed and replaced by others, and the can be placed in position in andremoved size of the register reduced or enlarged to suit therequirements of the user by removing' or adding. one or more leaves.Much difiiculty has been experienced in manufacturing loose leafregisters of this sort which are entirely satisfactory and practical inthe hands of the ordinary users. Most of the a suggested haveconstructions heretofore been found to be impracticable or ob ect1onablefor one reason or another.

One object of this invention is to produce a loose leaf file or accountregister which is of a simple and inexpensive but entirely practicalconstruction, such that the leaves from the cabinet with the minimumtrouble or inconvenlence by the ordinary user; in which the leaves canbe swung either singly or more than one at a time to and from theupright position, and in which any desired Specification of LettersPatent;

leaf or leaves can be removed and replaced,

other leaves. Other objects of the invention areto provide simpleanddesirable means for lockmg the leaves in place in the cabi- Patented.July 31, 1917..

and one or more leaves removed from or added to the register, withoutdisturbing the tangular pack when they are removed from the cabinet,which means are adjustable to accommodate a greater or less number ofthe leaves. 1 In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation in line 1"-1, Fig. 3, ofa file or, ac-

count register embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary similar view show 7 mg the released position ofthe locking dev1ce.- i a Fig. 8 is a transverse-sectional elevationthereof in line 3-3, Fig.1.

Fig. 4; is a fragmentary side elevation of the leaves removed from thecabinet and secured in a pack.

Fig. 5, is a broken section in line 5-5, Fig. 1

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section. showing the locking means for theretaining bars.

A represents a cabinet or holder in which the leaves B are arranged toswing from a standing or substantially upright. position to a positionin which they lie one upon an-' other and vice versa.

With the exception of the herein- 7 I after described, vfor pivotallyand ;releasably supporting the leaves in place in the.

cabinet, and for binding the leaves together in a rectangular pack whenremoved from the cabinet, the file or register can be of any usual orsuitable construction.

. 1. In the construction shown in the draw-. ings, thecabinet A has theusual horizontal 7 base or desk portion a and the usual open frontupright portion a in whichthe leaves B are supported in a standingposition from which they are adapted to be swung forwardly anddownwardly so as tolie one over the other on the desk at.

The leaves Bare preferably of lmown and division wooden strips whichserve to stiffen the metal and space them apart to thereby provide roombetween the leaves for the papers and prevent the papers on one leaffrom bearing and rubbing against those on the next adjacent leaf.Preferably the front and rear or cover leaves have strips 6 b on theirinner faces only, while the remaining leaves have strips 6 projectingfrom the opposite faces thereof. The edge strips preferably haveinterfitting tongues and grooves o see Fig. 5, which constitute guideswhereby the leaves are adapted to slide lengthwise one upon the otherbut are prevented from lateral displacement.

0 represents spring clips for releasably securing the sales slips orother papers on the leaves B in the spaces between the spacing strips.Clips are provided on both faces of the intermediate leaves. Clips ofany suitable construction or any other appropriate means can be used forreleasably retainingthe slips or papers in place on the leaves.

The leaves are removably and pivotally supported in the cabinet bypintles or journals (Z which project laterally from the side edges ofthe leaves at the lower or rear ends able way. The slot bars preferablyconsist of metal angle strips secured near the sides of the cabineton aninclined bottom board (F. The bearing slots d are substantiallyhorizontal and the inclination of the slot bars and the spacing of theslots are such that when the pack of leaves is laid face downward on thedesk at with the pintles of the bottom leaf seated in the lowest pair ofbearing slots, the pintles of all the other leaves will be disposed inthe horizontal ;planes of their respective bearing slots so that bysimply sliding the leaves horizontally rearward, one upon the other, thepintles of the several leaves will be properly engaged intheir bearingslots. The disposition of the slots is also such that the leaves will beparallel and bear flat against each other both when standing and whenlying down, while in the swinging of the leaves from one position to theother the hinge ends will separate somewhat and the leaves I will bearagainst each other only at their upper orouter ends. When the leaves are7 slid one upon the other to place them in postruction in which thebearing slots are ar-- ranged to enable the leaves to be slidhorizontally one upon the other to seat the pintles in and disengagethem from the bearing slots is a decided advantage over constructionsheretofore suggested having vertical or inclined bearing slots for thepintles, since with such constructions it is necessary to hold theleaves vertically when inserting and removing them, or to lift andseparate 3.

the hinge ends of the leaves. It is difficult to hold and insertvertically leaves which are loose or disconnected from each other, andwhere the hinge ends have to be lifted or separated it is necessary toinsert and remove the leaves separately or provide special'means formanipulating the leaves.

E E represent retaining bars which are mounted to slide endwise at theouter sides of the slot bars D and are provided along their upper edgeswith projections c which, in the position of the bar shown in Fig. 1,extend up in front of the hinge pintles (Z and retain them in thebearing slots (Z. The retaining bars can be slidably mounted on the slotbars D as shown, by headed studs 6 on the latter extending throughelongated slots 6 in the retaining bars, or in any other suitableway;Springs F attached to the retaining "bars and to the cabinet pull theretaining bars endwise forwardly and normally hold the projections 0thereof below the lower edges of the bearing slots, as shown in Fig. 2,in which position they will not interfere with the movement of the hingepintles into and out of the bearing slots. The retaining bars are movedrearwardly against the action of the springs F to secure thepintles inthe bearing slots by push rods Gr which, are attached vto the rear endsof the retaining bars and extend forwardly therefrom' close to the innerfaces of the side walls of the cabinet. Each push rod is provided at itsfront end with an actuating thumb piece or handle 9, which may beconveniently formed. by bending outwardly the extremity ofthe rod, andeach rod is preferably provided at its front portion with an angularslot 9 for engagement with a lock screw or device 9 secured to the sidewall of the cabinet. The retaining bars are moved to the position toretain the pintles (Z in the bearing slots by shoving the push rodsrearwardly with the thumbs, and, by then depressing the front ends ofthe push rods, the screws 9 enter the upright front ends of the angularslots 9 and lock the retaining bars in retaining position. The retainingbars are released by raising the front ends of the push rods, todisengage them from the lock screws 9 whereupon the springs F will movethe retaining bars forwardly to the released position. Means of otherconstruction could be used for locking the push rods and retaining bars,but the locking means described are exceedingly simple, yet neverthelessef fective and positive in action.

For binding the leaves together in a compact rectangular pack when theyare removed from the cabinet, adjustable clamps H are provided which aresuitably hinged to'the opposite side edges of the rear leaf and areadapted to be engaged with the edges of the front leaf and contractedfor binding the leaves. Each of these clamps consists of a metal strap hattached by a hinge h of any suitable construction to the edge of therear leaf, a metal strap extension 72 which is slidably secured to thestrap I h and is provided with a hook k to engage shown, the strap h andextension k are slidably connected by two screws "k which pass throughelongated slots h in the strap and are screwed into threaded holes 71.in the extension if, and the cam or lever k is pivoted to the strap h bya rivet 'h and has acam edge adapted to engage the head of one of thescrews 7& for operatlng the extension h The cam edge of the lever prefierably has a depression 71/9 in which the screw engaged'by the cam isadapted to seat to frictionally hold the lever in its dead centerclamping position. Y The extension 71. is provided with a series of thescrewthreaded holes h" which are spaced apart correspondingly to thespacing of the leaves B so that by moving the screws 7L from one toanother pair of the holes h the clamp can be lengthened or shortened toadapt it to operate properly upon a greater or less number of leaves inthe pack. 'Ihusif a person purchases a register and afterward wishes toenlarge it by adding oneor more leaves, he can purchase the desiredadditional number of leaves and readily adjust the clamps to accommodatethe enlarged pack of leaves.

When the leaves are in use in the cabinet the clamps are swung back outof the way behind the rear leaf. When the leaves are removed from thecabinet they are readily bound tightly together by swinging the clampsdownwardly to place the hooks k beneath the bottom leaf of the pack andactuating the levers if. K

While the register described is essentially a loose leaf registerinwhich the several leaves are entirely disconnected and adapted to beseparated so that any one or more leaves can be removed from, examinedand replaced in the cabinet separately, or the leaves placed in anydesired order in the group, nevertheless the group of leaves can' behandled, placed in and removed from the cabinet as a unit with as littleor less trouble than in registers in which the leaves are ator additionsin his register tached to each other in the group; When the group ofleaves is removed from the cabinet and bound together by the describedclamps they are held firmly in a solidpack and'are not liable todisarrangement; The loose or disconnected leaf construction is of greatadvantage to the userfsince he can purchase a register with as small anumber of disconnected paper holding leaves prov vided at one end'withhinge pintles, a sup port for said leaves provided with an inclinedseries of substantially horizontal" bearing slots for said pintles, thevertical distance between said slots being equal to the verticaldistance between said pintles when the leaves lie fiat one 'uponanother, whereby the pintles of the several leaves can be moved into andout of said slots by sliding' said leaves one upon another toward 1 andfrom said support, and means for retaining said pintles'in said slots. 7

2. Ina file, the combination of a cabinet ha'vingupright side Walls, agroup of dis-' connected paper supporting leaves each provided withhinge pintles projecting later-' ally from the side edges of said leafat one end-thereof, a pair of inclined supporting bars for said leavesarranged at the opposite sides of said group of leaves adjacent to saidside walls and provided with substantially horizontal open-ended bearingslots for said pintles, the vertical distance between said slotsbeing-equal to the vertical distance between said pintles when theleaves lie flat one upon another, whereby the pintles of the severalleaves can be moved into and out of said slots by sliding said leavesone upon another toward and from said bars, and devices movably mountedat the outer sides of said supporting bars for retaining said pintles insaid slots.

3. In a file, the combination of a group of disconnected paper holdingleaves provided at one end with hinge pintles, a support for said leavesprovided with an inclined series of substantially" horizontal bearingslots in which said pintles are removably seated, slidably mounted barsfor releasably retaining said pintles in said slots, actuating bars forsaid retaining bars I extending therefrom to the front of said group ofleaves, and locking means coop' erating with said actuating bars forlocking said retaining bars in retaining position.

' 4C. In a file, the combination of'a group of disconnected paperholding leaves provided at one end with hinge pintles, a support forsaid leaves provided with an inclined series of substantially horizontalbearing slots in which said pintles are removably seated, slidablymounted bars for releasably retaining said pintles in said slots,springs which normally hold said retaining bars in released position,actuating bars for moving said retaining bars against the action of saidsprings, and lockingineans cooperating with said actuating bars forlocking said retaining bars in retaining position by shifting saidactuating bars.

5. In a file, the combination of a group of disconnected papersupporting leaves, and a clamp for binding said leaves together in apack, comprising a strap member attached to one of the outer leaves ofthe pack, an extension member slidably connected to said strap memberand having a part adapted to engage thebther outer leaf of the pack,said extension member being adjustable With regard to said strap memberto adapt the clamp to a different number of leaves in said pack, and alever pivoted to one of said strap members and engaging a part on saidother strap member for moving said extension to clamp the leaves.

6. In aifile, the combination of a group of disconnected papervsupporting leaves, and a clamp for bindingsaid leaves together in apack, comprising a strap member attached to one of the outer leaves ofthe pack, an extension member slidably connected to said strap memberand having a part adapted to engage the other jouter leaf ofthe pack,and a lever pivoted'to one of said strap members and engaging aprojection on said other strap, member for movingsaid extension to clampthe leaves, said' projection being adjustable on the member to 40 whichit is secured for adapting the clamp to a different number of leaves inthe pack.

7. In a file, the combination of a group of disconnected papersupporting leaves, and acl amp for binding said leaves together in apack, comprising a strap member attached to one of the outer leaves ofthe pack, an extension member having a part adapted to engage the otherouter leaf of the pack, screws secured to one of said strap members andentering slots in the other strap member for slidably connecting saidmembers, and a lever pivoted to said slotted member and engaging one ofsaid screws for moving said extension to clamp the leaves, said screwsbeing adjustable to dilferent positions on the member to Which they aresecured for adapting the clamp to different numbers of leaves inthepack.

fitness my hand, this 12 day of August, so 1914.

FRANK MOINETT.

Witnesses.

: FRED. G. CLARK,

K. A. Ron.

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